Sealed tight

What a frustrating experience this was:

I was cooking some chicken pieces, stewing with onion and chicken broth and spices, for our supper and also for Buddy who adores chicken.

I started the chicken right after lunch so I would have it done and out of the way well before supper time. The delicious smells filled the kitchen and Buddy could hardly wait. When it was done I gave him a few bites.

I put the remainder in the fridge until later. Got it back out and reheated right before we ate.

THEN>>>>

I tried to lift the lid off the pot. A large stainless steel dutch oven type pot. UH OH . The lid would not budge. I pried and lifted and fought with it.

All the while dinner awaited. Buddy waited, Hubby waited. Then hubby came in and tried his hand at getting the lid off. No luck.

I said, let's try running COLD WATER over the lid. Nothing.

We tried prying it with a screw driver,....nope

STUCK TIGHT

I threatened to take the pot, chicken and all, and toss it over our second story porch railing and watch it bounce on the driveway.;)

Mr C finally had a sandwich and I ate rice and a canned peach. Buddy ate dog food :(

Then I posted a question about my problem on "Yahoo Ask" and I got this answer

" If you have liquid in the pot, put it back on the burner , turn it up high, medium and let it simmer for a while." I did this.

Went back in about 15 minutes later and VOILA ! the lid lifted right off.


Never in my almost 81 years have I experienced a vacuum stuck pot lid. A first for everything I guess.

(I now know the cold water I ran over pot probably stuck the lid on tighter)

Tuck this experience in your memory bank. You may need to unstick a pot lid one day.

Thinking back on this pot caper, I realize it would have made a funny episode of " I Love Lucy" with Ethel and Lucy and Ricky. Ricky would have been cussing in Spanish. :) :)

Inner Peace

Inner Peace: This is so true

If you can start the day without caffeine,

If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,

If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,

If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it,

If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time,

If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,

If you can conquer tension without medical help,

If you can relax without liquor,

If you can sleep without the aid of drugs,



...Then You Are Probably .........



The Family Dog!

And you thought I was going to get all spiritual ;)

Buying a Buick in the South

Go here on Youtube for a good one.

Click on the title of this post for direct link.
It's worth it. :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J__T2dvaWww

The Joy of Tree Climbing

The Pecan tree in my back yard
My brothers would climb it
And shake the branches
Until the pecans rained down.

The chinaberry tree in our front yard
Good for me to climb.
With low hanging branches.
But nasty smelling berries.

The flowering peach tree
In our backyard field
I climbed and sat for awhile
Surveying the blue, blue sky
Of a summer day.

The huge oak tree holding
A rope and tire swing
Across the neighbors' back yard
Thrusting high, higher, up and away.


The purple flowers
On the ancient Wisteria vine
Growing and twisting up the oak tree
Half in our back yard
And half in Mrs Woods' yard.

The Japanese maples
In our townhouse front yard
Red leaves and interesting shape.
With low branches
For visiting grand children to climb.

Since, sadly, Now, I'm too old to climb a tree.
;)

Computer help

"As we "Silver Surfers" (older folks on the Internet) know, sometimes we have trouble with our computers.

I had a problem yesterday, so I called Eric, the eleven year old next door, whose bedroom looks like Mission Control and asked him to come over.

Eric clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem.
As he was walking away, I called after him, 'So, what was wrong?'
He replied, 'It was an ID ten T error.'

I didn't want to appear stupid, but nonetheless inquired,
'An ID ten T error? What's that? In case I need to fix it again.'

Eric grinned.... 'Haven't you ever heard of an ID ten T error before?
'No,' I replied.
'Write it down,' he said, 'and I think you'll figure it out.'

So I wrote down:

ID10T

I used to like Eric , that little shit."

(My almost 15 year old grandson is my "go to techie" person for computer and IPHONE tutorials :)